River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-06-30

him as n'uch engaged as Is proper. If
he does not begin to look at books till
he is ten years old he will by the time
year has elapsed, read better
than the child that has begun to learn
his letters ut three or four.
HAVE THINGS HANDY.
Barn work must he repeated three
times a day, says an old time farmer,
which makes nearly eleven hundred
times in Year; each minute saved,
therefore, at each feeding time amounts
to twO'days' work of ten hours in the
course of the year. believe it would
be most profitable for every farmer 10
90 to his barn the first wet day and
spend all its hours ia studying how he
conld save steps indoing hisdaily work
! recently visited a neighbor who built
last year ne basement barn and found
that hay his horses must be thrown
from tn, Days to the barn floor, then
carried I, one side nj the middle of the
floor and ropped into marrow passage
below. the carried again the entire
length of the stable, eighty feet, and
crowded into narrow managers at each
stall. When chaff. and cObS accumulate
in these managers and by the SOLDERING
of the horses or the accidental splitting
of water as they are drinking it becom-
e. musty. there is no way to clean them
out except to lean over and scrape up
the litter with the hands, for there is
is not room to use a broom or shovel.
Ny horse stalls are arranged crosswise
in the barn, 50 that the two rows stand
facing each other and eat from the same
manger. This Manager i, five feet wide,
and the floor of it is of matched pine, 50
smooth that a broom slides easily on it,
and the floor is not only raised about "A
foot above the horse floor le,el, so that
we can walk through it without STOPPING
and feed the horses on either side. Di-
rectly above the centre of this manger
is an opening through which hay is
dropped from the barn floor and this
opening Is rs long a the manager. This
j. not Il trap door. and there Is no pos
Sibility of man or beast falling through
it. for the opening Is under the edge of
the havmow and covered by boards
leaned up against "A nail tie three feet
above the floor The hay is pushed
through perpendicular opening ut the
side of the lloDr and drops directly
where it is wanted. and yet little space
in the bag is lost. We sweep out the
manger from three to five times a week,
and often find a bushel of dust and dirt
which has accumulated when we are
feeding corn fodder.
FARMERS RUBRIC FORTUNE.
The farmer who spends the most time
behind the cultiyator in June will have
the best outlook in July.
The war on insects should be made
now. 50 to Kill them la their Younger
stages Every moth or miller Matched
becomes the parent of thousands.
Skim promptly, stir frequently, churn
often and pack soon. Soak the tub in
hot brine Sell the first good chance.
These are good maxims for 1887
Hot red pepper tea is the newest
remedy for the cabbage worm. II Is
sprinkled over the cabbage while the
tea is in nearly boiling condition.
Time spent in sharpening garden hoe,
and tools Is not lost Fasten hoes in a
wise aud use a large Hat file. This Is
done quicker tIan sharpening on
grindstcnr.
Discharge the man who, while work
ing with the team is in the habit Of
Jerking and scolding the horses Ifthe
..bOSS. himself i guilty of such "a prac-
lice his wife should take him in hand.
Insects and grass abound now and
any euterprising mother hen can cas-
ily provide half the food required to
support her family. Feed morning and
night and let the hen care for them the
rest Of the time.
Dat meal boiled and made into a Cruel
is excellent food for young calves. 1t
can be mixed with the milk. William
Crozier. celebrated Long Island farm
er, raises the best of calves, and DAT
meal is one Of the principal foods.
Level culture is better than billing,
as it enables the cultivatOr and harrow
to be used with greater facility. while
he rain does not low 80 rapidly. which
Is very important matter during dry
seasons. when light showers occur only
1t long intervals.
Where the surface of the soil ..bakes'
plenty of seed should be used and they |
.hould be planted close together. Is they /
sill assist each other to push through l
lfter terminating. The surplus plants
AN be thinned out after they shall be
veil under growth.
Every time you use the cultivator III
rider to kill out the grass and weeds
on are at the same time stirring the
oil, thereby admitting more air to the
cots Of the plants, providing a greater
mount Of moisture and converting the
substances into plant food.